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soon overpowered by the firearmed Arabs. Many were shot_, and 
the captured, amounting to fifty-three, were driven to the boat, 
our friend the chief of the blue robe amongst the number ; but he 
was afterwards liberated, whilst his wives were carried off prisoners. 
Were it not for the confidence which the Nouaers had in our 
party, the position of those who still remained at the Aliab would 
have been one of danger. The cargo of the two boats there was, 
for the most part, on the shore, and the tribe might have taken 
advantage of this. But no. When made acquainted with the 
capture of their relatives, they with one voice cried, The Consul 
is just : we will follow him, and tell of our wrongs ; ” and so Dr. 
Murie wrote a note to Petherick, to acquaint him with the outrage ; 
and a negro, attaching it to his lance, went off with it, hoping to 
come up with the Lady of the Nile where she anchored for the 
night. 
The chief gave to Dr. Murie a small tusk of ivory, for him to 
present to Petherick as a token of his good faith in him. 
The fugitive Nouaer and his wife, who were to have accompanied 
us, were then on board the doctors^ boat, they having missed the 
Lady of the Nile when she left the Aliab. 
May %lst . — At dawn, preparations were made for the burial of 
poor Dr. Brownell on the east shore, which was to take place at 
noon. The grave was dug in a deserted ant-hill, several feet high, 
near to the river. The grave was wide and fully four feet deep. 
At the bottom of this was dug a receptacle large enough only to 
contain the corpse. 
At noon precisely the shrouded body was carried on an angerib 
to the grave, followed by Petherick, Dr. Murie, Signor Carlo, 
Foxcroft, and most of the soldiers and crews. The burial service 
